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Guest Editorial
Congress Summary: 21st Congress of the International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps
In the early stages of rotary blood pump (RBP) development, the International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps (ISRBP) was founded in 1992. The ISRBP annual meeting began in 1993. At the starting point of foundation, implantable RBPs were not clinically available. After 20 years, the technology is in practical use and still showing expansion. Currently, there are over 2000 cases of RBP implantation annually—this is an incredible achievement. I believe that this society has played an essential role in this success, showing that the ISRBP founders were wise and farsighted. I was truly honored to be able to host the 21st ISRBP Congress held September 26–28, 2013 in Yokohama, Japan. The meeting was a Joint Congress of the ISRBP, the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs (JSAO), and the International Federation for Artificial Organs (IFAO). The theme of the Joint Congress meeting was “Innovation, Progress and Reliability.” All attendees were freely able to join all three congress programs. There were 917 participants in total who attended the joint Congress, representing over 25 different countries (Table 1). The congress delivered a stimulating program featuring leaders who presented the latest clinical results and innovative research and development covering a wide range of important disciplines regarding RBPs. There were 127 abstracts submitted in total. Ten scientific sessions with 13 keynote lectures and 50 oral presentations were programmed focusing on the following topics: current international status of RBPs, new trends of RBP technologies, pump engineering and device design-1, clinical management of RBP VAD, bleeding and thrombosis, physiological control of RBP, less invasive surgery of RBPs, ECMO, pump engineering and device design-2, BiVAD and TAH.
doi:10.1111/aor.12404
There were 17 rapid fire presentations and 27 poster presentations offered. The first social activity was the futsal tournament at Sports Park on the first day. Four international teams played and the West Japan Team won the tournament. We had a Joint Welcome Dinner Cruise around Yokohama harbor that took place on the first night and we all enjoyed the beautiful harbor night view and dinner (Fig. 1). The Joint Gala Dinner was held at the Yokohama Intercontinental Hotel grand ballroom on the second night, and we all enjoyed Japanese-French fine cuisine with excellent live classical music (Fig. 2). The awards ceremony was held during the Gala Dinner. The Helmut Reul Young Investigator Award was presented to Tom
TABLE 1. Countries of attendees of ISRBP/JSAO/IFAO Joint Congress Country Australia Austria Belgium Canada China Croatia France Germany India Italy Japan Korea Malaysia The Netherlands Poland Portugal Singapore Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey UK USA Vietnam Total
Number of attendees 8 3 5 1 7 1 1 19 1 1 802 3 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 4 45 1 917
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FIG. 1. Joint Welcome Dinner Cruise around Yokohama harbor.
Verbelen, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, for his presentation “Hemodynamic effects of partial right ventricular support in the acute vs. the chronic pressure overloaded right ventricle” (Fig. 3). The
FIG. 4. Drs. Wieselthaler, Miyamoto (Awardee), Takatani, and Yamazaki at the Sezai Award presentation.
FIG. 2. The Joint Gala dinner held at Yokohama Intercontinental Hotel grand ballroom.
Sezai Award was presented to Takuma Miyamoto, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan, for his presentation “The titanium mesh shows great biocompatibility with regenerated endothelial cells on the surface” (Fig. 4). The Asia Pacific ISRBP Young Investigator Award was presented to Michiko Murakami, Ibaraki University, Japan, for her presentation “The thin maglev ventricular assist device for mild heart disease patients” (Fig. 5). The ISRBP Poster Award was presented to Koji Kawahito, Jichi Medical University, Japan, for his presentation “Transformation of vibration signals in rotary blood pumps: The diagnostic potential of pump failure.” The ISRBP Young Scholarship Award was presented to Lorenzo Valerino, University of Arizona, AZ, USA, for his presentation “Device thrombogenicity evaluation-assisted VAD design improvement is associated with reduced platelet activation in vivo.” The ICMT Award was
FIG. 3. Drs. Steinseifer, Verbelen (Awardee), and Yamazaki at the Helmut Reul Young Investigator Award presentation.
FIG. 5. Drs. Takatani, Murakami (Awardee), and Yamazaki at the Asia Pacific ISRBP Young Investigator Award presentation.
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FIG. 6. Dr. Motomura, Steve Plee, Vice President, Mechanical Product Development, HeartWare (Awardee), and Dr. Yamazaki at the ICMT Award presentation.
FIG. 7. Dr. Timms, Mr. Fujii (captain of the winning team, West Japan), and Dr. Yamazaki at the Futsal Winner’s Award presentation.
presented to HeartWare Inc. (Fig. 6). The captain of the winning team of the futsal tournament (West Japan) received the Futsal Winner’s Award (Fig. 7). A new congress icon badge was added onto the official society black cowboy hat, and it was handed over to Georg M. Wieselthaler, the 22nd ISRBP Congress President (Fig. 8). At the finale of the ceremony, we shook each other’s hands and confirmed our “Kizuna,” which means strong friendship in Japanese, among all society members (Fig. 9). I would like to express my appreciation to the 51st JSAO Congress President Minoru Ono, the 5th IFAO Congress President Shunei Kyo, the Scientific Secretariats of the Joint Congress; Satoshi Saito, Tomohiro Nishinaka, Takashi Nishimura, the Congress Secretariat Kumiko Kakuya, and all ISRBP
FIG. 8. The ISRBP Official Society Black Cowboy Hat was handed over to the 22nd ISRBP Congress President, Georg Wieselthaler, from Kenji Yamazaki.
FIG. 9. The finale of the ceremony. Artif Organs, Vol. 38, No. 9, 2014
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Board and Organizing Committee members. Also, I would like to thank the following benefactors: Sun Medical Technology Research Corporation, Terumo Corporation, Nipro Corporation, Thoratec Corporation, HeartWare Inc., Century Medical Inc I am likewise grateful to everyone who participated and helped to make this Joint Congress very successful. We look forward to the 22nd ISRBP Congress to be held in the beautiful city of San Francisco, CA, USA, from September 25 to 27, 2015.
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Kenji Yamazaki, MD, PhD 2013 ISRBP Congress President, Professor and Chief Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Director of Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Assist Device Program Tokyo Women’s Medical University 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-8666, Japan E-mail: [email protected]
Copyright © 2014 International Center for Artificial Organs and Transplantation and Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Guest Editorial
Congress Summary: 21st Congress of the International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps
In the early stages of rotary blood pump (RBP) development, the International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps (ISRBP) was founded in 1992. The ISRBP annual meeting began in 1993. At the starting point of foundation, implantable RBPs were not clinically available. After 20 years, the technology is in practical use and still showing expansion. Currently, there are over 2000 cases of RBP implantation annually—this is an incredible achievement. I believe that this society has played an essential role in this success, showing that the ISRBP founders were wise and farsighted. I was truly honored to be able to host the 21st ISRBP Congress held September 26–28, 2013 in Yokohama, Japan. The meeting was a Joint Congress of the ISRBP, the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs (JSAO), and the International Federation for Artificial Organs (IFAO). The theme of the Joint Congress meeting was “Innovation, Progress and Reliability.” All attendees were freely able to join all three congress programs. There were 917 participants in total who attended the joint Congress, representing over 25 different countries (Table 1). The congress delivered a stimulating program featuring leaders who presented the latest clinical results and innovative research and development covering a wide range of important disciplines regarding RBPs. There were 127 abstracts submitted in total. Ten scientific sessions with 13 keynote lectures and 50 oral presentations were programmed focusing on the following topics: current international status of RBPs, new trends of RBP technologies, pump engineering and device design-1, clinical management of RBP VAD, bleeding and thrombosis, physiological control of RBP, less invasive surgery of RBPs, ECMO, pump engineering and device design-2, BiVAD and TAH.
doi:10.1111/aor.12404
There were 17 rapid fire presentations and 27 poster presentations offered. The first social activity was the futsal tournament at Sports Park on the first day. Four international teams played and the West Japan Team won the tournament. We had a Joint Welcome Dinner Cruise around Yokohama harbor that took place on the first night and we all enjoyed the beautiful harbor night view and dinner (Fig. 1). The Joint Gala Dinner was held at the Yokohama Intercontinental Hotel grand ballroom on the second night, and we all enjoyed Japanese-French fine cuisine with excellent live classical music (Fig. 2). The awards ceremony was held during the Gala Dinner. The Helmut Reul Young Investigator Award was presented to Tom
TABLE 1. Countries of attendees of ISRBP/JSAO/IFAO Joint Congress Country Australia Austria Belgium Canada China Croatia France Germany India Italy Japan Korea Malaysia The Netherlands Poland Portugal Singapore Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey UK USA Vietnam Total
Number of attendees 8 3 5 1 7 1 1 19 1 1 802 3 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 4 45 1 917
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FIG. 1. Joint Welcome Dinner Cruise around Yokohama harbor.
Verbelen, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium, for his presentation “Hemodynamic effects of partial right ventricular support in the acute vs. the chronic pressure overloaded right ventricle” (Fig. 3). The
FIG. 4. Drs. Wieselthaler, Miyamoto (Awardee), Takatani, and Yamazaki at the Sezai Award presentation.
FIG. 2. The Joint Gala dinner held at Yokohama Intercontinental Hotel grand ballroom.
Sezai Award was presented to Takuma Miyamoto, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan, for his presentation “The titanium mesh shows great biocompatibility with regenerated endothelial cells on the surface” (Fig. 4). The Asia Pacific ISRBP Young Investigator Award was presented to Michiko Murakami, Ibaraki University, Japan, for her presentation “The thin maglev ventricular assist device for mild heart disease patients” (Fig. 5). The ISRBP Poster Award was presented to Koji Kawahito, Jichi Medical University, Japan, for his presentation “Transformation of vibration signals in rotary blood pumps: The diagnostic potential of pump failure.” The ISRBP Young Scholarship Award was presented to Lorenzo Valerino, University of Arizona, AZ, USA, for his presentation “Device thrombogenicity evaluation-assisted VAD design improvement is associated with reduced platelet activation in vivo.” The ICMT Award was
FIG. 3. Drs. Steinseifer, Verbelen (Awardee), and Yamazaki at the Helmut Reul Young Investigator Award presentation.
FIG. 5. Drs. Takatani, Murakami (Awardee), and Yamazaki at the Asia Pacific ISRBP Young Investigator Award presentation.
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FIG. 6. Dr. Motomura, Steve Plee, Vice President, Mechanical Product Development, HeartWare (Awardee), and Dr. Yamazaki at the ICMT Award presentation.
FIG. 7. Dr. Timms, Mr. Fujii (captain of the winning team, West Japan), and Dr. Yamazaki at the Futsal Winner’s Award presentation.
presented to HeartWare Inc. (Fig. 6). The captain of the winning team of the futsal tournament (West Japan) received the Futsal Winner’s Award (Fig. 7). A new congress icon badge was added onto the official society black cowboy hat, and it was handed over to Georg M. Wieselthaler, the 22nd ISRBP Congress President (Fig. 8). At the finale of the ceremony, we shook each other’s hands and confirmed our “Kizuna,” which means strong friendship in Japanese, among all society members (Fig. 9). I would like to express my appreciation to the 51st JSAO Congress President Minoru Ono, the 5th IFAO Congress President Shunei Kyo, the Scientific Secretariats of the Joint Congress; Satoshi Saito, Tomohiro Nishinaka, Takashi Nishimura, the Congress Secretariat Kumiko Kakuya, and all ISRBP
FIG. 8. The ISRBP Official Society Black Cowboy Hat was handed over to the 22nd ISRBP Congress President, Georg Wieselthaler, from Kenji Yamazaki.
FIG. 9. The finale of the ceremony. Artif Organs, Vol. 38, No. 9, 2014
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Board and Organizing Committee members. Also, I would like to thank the following benefactors: Sun Medical Technology Research Corporation, Terumo Corporation, Nipro Corporation, Thoratec Corporation, HeartWare Inc., Century Medical Inc I am likewise grateful to everyone who participated and helped to make this Joint Congress very successful. We look forward to the 22nd ISRBP Congress to be held in the beautiful city of San Francisco, CA, USA, from September 25 to 27, 2015.
Artif Organs, Vol. 38, No. 9, 2014
Kenji Yamazaki, MD, PhD 2013 ISRBP Congress President, Professor and Chief Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Director of Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Assist Device Program Tokyo Women’s Medical University 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-8666, Japan E-mail: [email protected]
